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UNLIREC launches project to support Private Security Companies in Peru in the management of their weapons stockpiles
On 18 June 2015, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) presented its new project entitled ‘Strengthening Oversight and Building...
UNLIREC contributes to International Expert Consultations to identify strategies to protect children from armed violence
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean was invited to the Expert Consultation on armed violence in the community and its impact on the rights of...
UNLIREC and UNDP join forces to increase awareness on importance of proper management of arms, explosives and ammunition stockpiles in Honduras
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), conducted a training...
UNLIREC promotes implementation of international standards on physical safety and small arms and ammunition stockpile management in the Dominican Republic
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) conducted a training workshop on Best International Stockpile Management Practices and Standards in...
UNLIREC launches new specialized course on crime scene management in Costa Rica
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Judicial Investigation Office (JIO) of Costa Rica, delivered a...
UNLIREC and Caribbean States have a meeting of the minds on how to effectively implement UNSCR 1540(2004)
On 23-24 March 2015, UNLIREC convened a two-day workshop within the context of its assistance package for Caribbean States on the Implementation of Resolution 1540(2004). This package, currently funded by the United...
UNLIREC participated in the First UNASUR Regional Meeting on arms control and civilian use of explosives
The First Regional Meeting on the Control of Firearms and Explosives for Civil Use was held in Lima from 3-5 June, 2015, within the framework of the South American Council of Citizen Security, Justice and Coordination...
UNLIREC and Trinidad and Tobago team up with INTERPOL and FBI to combat proliferation of explosives
As part of the integral technical assistance package that UNLIREC is delivering in Trinidad and Tobago for strengthening the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), the UNLIREC team worked together with officials...
Dominican Republic committed to Arms Trade Treaty implementation
The United Nation Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) continues to support Latin American and Caribbean States with the aim of assisting them in the...
UNLIREC and Peru promote arms control and citizen security policies at local level
UNLIREC, in collaboration with the CONATIAF and SUCAMEC in Peru, organized an international seminar in Lima on 26 February 2015 to discuss citizen security and the role of local governments in armed violence reduction....
United Nations and SUCAMEC facilitate efforts to prevent and reduce armed violence in Trujillo
The United Nations System in Peru, under its Joint Programme for Human Security and in close cooperation with the National Superintendence for the Control of Security Services, Arms, Ammunition and Explosives and...
Belize committed to further strengthening implementation of its WMD controls
As part of UNLIREC’s technical assistance package to strengthen the implementation of resolution 1540 in the Caribbean, the Government of Belize and UNLIREC organized a national roundtable in Belmopan on February 23....